Herman James Jr.

Herman James Jr. (1956-) was a Newark, New Jersey reverend and civil rights activist.

Biography
Herman James Jr. was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1956, the son of union plumber Herman James Sr.. His grandfather was a former African-American slave of the Confederacy, and his family moved to New Jersey during the Great Migration. James became a reverend and civil rights activist, and he led protests outside of Massarone Brothers in 2000, protesting against the company's lack of minority workers. James later formed a secret alliance with Mafia boss Tony Soprano, who used the protest (which was turned into a riot when mobsters Matthew Bevilacqua and Sean Gismonte attacked protesters with baseball bats) to extort Massarone Construction. James and Soprano them split the earnings between them.